end up

英 [end ʌp]

美 [end ʌp]

（通常指意外地）最终到达; 最终; 结果; 到头来

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (通常指意外地)最终到达
  If someone or somethingends upsomewhere, they eventually arrive there, usually by accident.
  1. The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal...
     结果引擎最终沉到了运河底。
  2. She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.
     她带着孩子逃亡，从一个邻居家跑到另一个邻居家，最后逃到了一个朋友的地下室。
• PHRASAL VERB 最终；结果；到头来
  If youend updoing something orend upin a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to.
  1. If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want...
     如果你不知道自己想要什么，到头来你可能得非所愿。
  2. Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood...
     每次他们去跳舞，都会不欢而散。
  3. She could have ended up a millionairess.
     她本可以成为百万富婆的。

英英释义

verb

• finally be or do something
  1. He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart
  2. he wound up being unemployed and living at home again
  Synonym:finish upland upfetch upwind upfinish

双语例句

• When children end up taking care of their parents, it is a strange role reversal indeed.
  当孩子们最终要照顾父母时，这的确是一种奇妙的角色互换。
• That's what you'll end up with, you mark my words.
  那就是将来你的下场，记住我的话。
• The more senior you become in the forces, the more likely you are to end up in a desk job.
  在部队里级别越高，最后就越有可能去做文职工作。
• Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer
  或早或晚，大多数作家最终都会著书讲述身为作家的苦恼。
• The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal
  结果引擎最终沉到了运河底。
• We will end up living in a society where life is cheap.
  我们最终将生活在一个视人命为儿戏的社会。
• She could have ended up a millionairess.
  她本可以成为百万富婆的。
• If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want
  如果你不知道自己想要什么，到头来你可能得非所愿。
• The danger of commercialism is that the churches end up dancing to the tune of their big business sponsors.
  商业主义的危险就是教会最终可能会被大赞助商牵着鼻子走。
• Many end up as team leaders, which inclines them to co-operate with the bosses
  很多人最后成为团队领袖，这使得他们易于和上司合作。